Cappy and The Whale is a distinctive and fascinating Ukrainian story that Puffin is happy to translate into English for the first time. It is ideal for readers of Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls and features gorgeous colour drawings throughout. I caught a glimpse of a whale floating in the sky one morning as I looked out the window. Although the whale was enormous, ungainly, blue and grey, he was rolling and gliding on the warm, sunlit breeze with a startling grace. It's safe to say that eight-year-old Cappy is shocked when he sees a whale swimming outside of his bedroom window. Cappy has read a LOT of animal-related literature given how long he's been in the hospital,